Halvvägs till himlen

Love and happiness thrive in Östra Nöbberup. The priest Albin and the deaconess Fanny are getting married. But Fanny is offered a new exciting job abroad and Albin is forced to hire the work-shy Ylva.

The new deaconess Ylva turns out to be directly unsuitable to hold on to the church's children's activities and Albin is forced to take over the difficult task.

A new funeral contractor makes Albin realize exactly how corrupt Östra Nöbberup is. Albin manages to irritate the whole community in his eagerness to break the habitual patterns.

Pastor Albin begins to waver in his faith. As if that was not bad enough, the only one who can save him is his colleague and constant nemesis Jan. In addition, Ylva is taught.

A priest's visit from Kenya makes Albin miss his more adventurous days and a wild idea is born. Jan, on the other hand, faces one of the biggest challenges of his life.

The registrations for the parish's confirmation courses are now down to zero, which makes Albin think new and youthful. Jan is confronted with a monster from the past: his atheist middle school teacher.

Jan is faced with a dilemma about a friend of the family. Albin agrees to run in the bishop election when there is a need for sham candidates next to the big favorite.

Albin invests everything in winning the bishop election, Jan sees his chance to finally get rid of Albin and himself become pastor in Östra Nöbberup. Jan is also faced with an episode 22 that is about sex.